Workers compensation compulsory

Today there are two major types of workers compensation laws compulsory and elective. A compulsory law requires each employer that is under its jurisdiction to accept its provisions and provide specified benefits. Under an elective law an employer has the right to accept or reject participation. If an employer rejects compliance with the law, the employer loses the three common-law defenses and becomes virtually defenseless. In effect, elective laws are compulsory. Most early workers compensation laws found constitutional were elective. Nearly all are now compulsory for employers. 

Another key featme was the protection of workers wages in the event of injury or ill health sustained at work, through the development of compulsory workers compensation insurance. The worker was to be paid regardless of fault. This development had been preceded in some instances by cases in tort law which provided monetary damages to injmed workers, although the legal obstacles were quite difficult to overcome and fault had to be established. 

Which persons employed in a workplace does an employer have hability for imder your legislation Who is deemed to be the employer in a contractor/sub-contractor situation Is workers compensation insurance compulsory ... 

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